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Benfica's lawyers also filed a petition in U.S. District Court

Sept. 30, 2018 by Ella Pickett

Benfica's lawyers also filed a petition in U.S. District Court in San Francisco seeking unspecified compensatory damages.

In December, the National Football League (NFL) and American football club United Football League sued the five American companies involved in the attack, the NFL and the American team.

Benfica lawyer James G. Johnson told Business Insider in a statement, "We believe the NFL and the A.F.L. all have a duty to protect the public with the right to communicate with the owners of our national teams and national teams."

The NFL and the A.F.L. denied claims by Benfica, but added that it had already reached a settlement with the players, and that the club has "the right to defend itself against its own actions and actions taken by other companies which have breached the NFL and our laws in the past."

Benfica's lawyer, Michael L. Smith, told Business Insider that it had requested a compensatory and punitive damages package of $200 million.

The NFL denied that the two companies had ever communicated with the team in error, and said the NFL did not seek any compensation for any of the five. The NFL also pointed out that the NFL had also filed a petition seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the "non-compliance and failure to provide any necessary evidence."

Benfica and the A.F.L. had previously said that the NFL and the A.F.L. were "not legally, nor financially responsible for, the actions of the companies who were involved in the attack."A man who filmed himself being shot in the leg and then stabbed to death by a group of local police officers in his home was arrested on a murder charge Monday.

The 35-year-old man, identified as Steven L. Wintrich, of Westborough, was arrested during a court appearance, according to police. He was charged with two counts of attempted murder.

Lloyd County Sheriff's officials told the Star-Ledger that Wintrich, who was shot in the upper arms, was walking on the street with his brother and a 12-year-old girl from his home about 10:15 p.m. Friday.

Wintrich was shot in the lower leg with a handgun and stabbed to death by Officer Darren Slawson, police said. The boy was hit by Wintrich